If you’re a gardener – and definitely if you’re a farmer – you want to spend less on fertilizer but while growing more food.

A lot of this comes down to a few myths that are passed down by neighbors, family, and well-meaning advice on the internet.

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about the California poppy, magnolia, crape myrtle, kalanchoe, seed ...

Cool month is ideal for adding bare root deciduous fruit trees, vines, roses and shrubs — and harvesting citrus ...

For many sheep producers, wool has become a low value byproduct. Shearing is necessary for animal health, yet market prices ...

Losing six inches of topsoil could cost farmers more than $6,600 in nutrients and organic matter, according to a new analysis ...

With season-average corn and soybeans prices in the new year projected to remain at current levels, agronomists recommend ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Fertilizing your lawn in early spring is always a good idea. But if there is an unexpected frost, you may wonder if it will ...

Mariangela Hungria won the 2025 World Food Prize for her work on microbes that feed plants nitrogen, allowing farmers to ...

Unlike tulip or daffodil bulbs, which prefer to be completely buried in soil, amaryllis need to have their tops exposed in order to be healthy. If your bulb has been coated with shiny colored wax, you ...

Researchers explain how nitrate from farming and fish ponds moves through water and pollutes freshwater lakes.